Professor Peter Jones is the Dean and Head of the School of
Medicine of Bond University on the Gold Coast. He took up his
current role in early 2011. He is also the Professor of
Paediatrics at Bond University and at the Gold Coast University
Hospital where he supervises medical students from both Bond
and Griffith University completing their paediatric clinical
rotation.
Professor Jones moved to the Gold Coast in 2008. He worked in a
combination of private practice, public work and a various
University appointments for a period of three years. In that
time he successfully set up the Ochsner Clinical School in New
Orleans, a unique international partnership, as Professsor and
Director of the Ochsner program and partnership,in the School
of Medicine of the Unversity of Queensland. He also was the
head of UQs clinical program.
Prior to moving to Queensland Professor Jones worked for the
Unversity of Newcastle for 14 years. He completed his PhD in
asthma and airways inflammation and then spent 6 years working
in Tamworth setting up the University Department of Rural
Health and Rural Clinical School of Newcastle Medical School.
Professor Jones was the Australasian co-editor of the
Rural and Remote Health for three years from 2007 to early
2010. He continues a s a reviewer for the journal. Professor
Jones is currently a sub-editor for the Medical Education
section of the Ochsner Journal and reviews articles for the
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health and The Asia Pacific
family Medicine Journal.
During his appointment at Bond University he has established a
multidisciplinary clinical attachment in Kirakira, Solomon
Islands. This placement has involved having final year medical
students based there all through the year to assist with the
delivery of healthcare in a resource poor setting. Between 2013
and 2016 over 100 medical students have completed a placement
in Kirakira. In addition there have been physiotherapy,
nutrition and sustainable development students also complete
this unique international placement.
Professor Jones continues to works clinically at the Gold Coast
University Hospital as a VMO in paediatrics each Friday and
consults privately on a Tuesday Afternoon at Robina Town
Centre.
Professor Jones has been married to his wife Therese for 26
years and they have five children aged 14 to 24.

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